Chapter XV.
in oodman sa errible Beast a lot of skins, seogets to keep t. As for t also from t ton, but he ball burned fiercely.
quot;Really,quot; said t;you ougo be ashamed of yourself for being such a humbug.”
quot;I am?aI certainly am,quot; anstle man sorro;but it doy of cell you my story.”
So t doened ale.
quot;I was born in Omaha?a”
quot; isnt very far from Kansas!quot; cried Dorothy.
quot;No, but its fart; ;riloquist, and at t I rained by a great master. I can imitate any kind of a bird or beast.quot; ten t toto pricked up o see er a time,quot; continued Oz, quot;I tired of t, and became a balloonist.”
quot; is t?quot; asked Dorothy.
quot;A man oget to pay to see t; he explained.
quot;O; s;I know.”
quot;ell, one day I up in a balloon and t ted, so t I couldnt come do a current of air struck it and car- ried it many, many miles aing over a strange and beau- tiful country.
quot;It came do a bit. But I found myself in t of a strange people, izard. Of course I let to do anyto.
quot;Just to amuse myself, and keep to build ty, and my Palace; and t all , as try iful, I ty; and to make t better I put green spectacles on all t everythey saw was green.”
quot;But isnt everyt; asked Dorothy.
quot;No more ty,quot; replied Oz; quot;but y a great many years ago, for I of t really is an Emerald City, and it certainly is a beauti- ful place, abounding in jeals, and every good t is needed